Power Balance Bracelets.

as most of you know, i was a firm believer that the power balance bracelets were 100% untrue, bologna, money-maker, stupid bracelets. i've now been proved otherwise by your very own, tanner tod thornton.

so i went to freedom board shop this week, & they sell power balance bracelets. after being there for about 5 minutes, the workers in the store & i got into a slightly heated debate about whether they were real or not. i was on the not-working side, & the manager was on the working team. we did all the little tests they have you do. proving your flexibility, balance, strength, etc. all of them seemed to show the power balance bracelet as a working product, but i just didn't believe it. i mean..seriously, all it looks like is a livestrong band with two little silver stickers on the inside. my mind was totally made up that it was rubbish.

but yesterday, my thoughts changed. i'm a very uncoordinated person, i think. (side story below.)

my mom & i both think we are. one time, we were in coronado &

lauren zaharis & i were learning how to surf. of course, lolo picked it up within 10 minutes. took me about 30. so my mom & lauren's mom went out & tried after us. same exact result. none of us had ever surfed, but somehow, those girls picked it up WAY easier than we did. that's just how my lifes been with everything.

ok, anyways..so yesterday i went to the lake. with tanner, scott, mindy, ashlyn, tanner's dad, & ellie. their tubed had popped, so all we could do was take turns wakeboarding. did i like the sound of this? no. i'd tried wakeboarding numerous times before, but never gotten up. ever. for some reason, i just sucked at it..even when people said it's like the easiest thing, i never got it. but i was determined to get it today. i mean..i wasn't getting myself up at 4:15 in the morning just to sit on a boat. no way. so..when it was my turn, i jumped in the lake, listened to everything tod had told me, then put on the power balance bracelet. tanner's bracelet. i get pushed out into the water & on my third try, i'm up. i'm standing. on the wake board. in the middle of the lake. being pulled behind a boat. basically, it was awesome. the only word i can describe it as, is free. tanner told me that one..but it really is the only word. i'm not kidding, it was heaven out there. when you would go outside the wake on the perfectly, glassy water. oh my goodness..it was amazing! i loved it. i want to go again, like in the very near future.

but anyways..i'm thinking this: there's no way in heck, me, miss uncoordinated, would've gotten up without a power balance bracelet. so you know what? i'm going to buy one. either tomorrow, or monday..because i'm officially a believer.

here's some lake pictures.

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